WEST ORANGE, NJ – Chef Mitchell Goldberg’s talents extend far beyond the culinary field to saving lives. Goldberg, a West Orange resident, and two friends recently received proclamations from Staten Island Borough President James Oddo, citing their heroism during a weekly doubles match of paddleball in January.

Oddo presented plaques at a ceremony on March 9 honoring Dr. Keith Jackson from Staten Island, Goldberg and Mitch Resnick of Manalapan, whose actions saved the life of Staten Island resident, Tony Cascella, during a recent match in Clifton where they play.

Goldberg is the Regional Director of Dining Services for the Jewish Community Housing Corporation of Metropolitan New Jersey (JCHC). He has played with the men every Thursday in a New York/New Jersey league for the past 10 years.

Lucky for Cascella, Goldberg received training in the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) through the JCHC.

Cascella went into sudden cardiac arrest during the game and his friends tried CPR, with no success. The recreation center had an AED, which Goldberg manned. They administered defibrillation four times to revive Cascella, while awaiting the paramedics to take him to the hospital.

Cascella, 54, had no history of heart problems, so the event was a “real wakeup call for all involved.”

“Tony had two blocked arteries and never knew it until he collapsed during the game,” said Goldberg. “We weren’t going to let him go.”

WEST ORANGE, NJ — According to West Orange Acting Superintendent of Schools Eveny de Mendez, the difficult decision to open or close schools in bad weather has an immense effect on not only the students and their families, but the school staff and community at large as well.

Stating that ensuring the safety and well-being of students is the paramount priority among the many factors that go ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — According to West Orange Acting Superintendent of Schools Eveny de Mendez, the ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — ­For the 14th consecutive time, Saint Barnabas Medical Center (SBMC) has received an “A” Hospital Safety Score rating by the Leapfrog Group—making SBMC the only hospital in the state and one of only 42 in the country to earn an “A” in each report since the Leapfrog surveys began.

SBMC was also one of eight RWJBarnabas Health facilities to be awarded with an “A” by the ...

WEST ORANGE , NJ — They raided the kitchen, turned the auditorium into a movie theater and played games in the gym—that’s how West Orange educators helped students stranded at the schools to weather the storm that paralyzed the region on Thursday night.

Photos from around the district showed smiling students with ice cream, grinning staffers who prepared food for the students and some kids ...

WEST ORANGE , NJ — They raided the kitchen, turned the auditorium into a movie theater and played ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ - West Orange first responders worked tirelessly overnight to help residents impacted by the storm, but even they were impacted by the traffic and roads.

“The mayor and council gave us everything we needed last night to help the residents of West Orange, the problem was we just couldn't get there,” said Angelo Tedesco, president of the firefighters union FMBA Local 28. “There ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ - West Orange first responders worked tirelessly overnight to help residents ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: West Orange schools have since been closed for Friday, Nov. 16 after the district announced that students were fed and would potentially be kept overnight.

WEST ORANGE, NJ — (updated at 11:50 p.m.) After being stranded on school buses for nearly five hours in a powerful snowstorm, students are reportedly being moved to safe locations, the West Orange mayor wrote in a Facebook ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: West Orange schools have since been closed for Friday, Nov. 16 after the district ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Many West Orange students remained stranded on their buses and some at their schools hours after the final bell rang Thursday, due to a powerful Nor’easter that slammed into tri-state just as schools were being let out.

Robo-calls were sent to parents Thursday afternoon warning that buses were traveling slowly and students would be delayed getting home. The Board of Education ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Many West Orange students remained stranded on their buses and some at their ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ - The rapidly developing snowstorm that has dumped upwards of an inch an hour on the area since around 1:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon has caused major traffic disruptions around West Orange as rush hour approaches.

A member of the West Orange Police Department told TAPinto West Orange that state troopers have shut down the eastbound entrance to I-280 at 8A, and main arteries in ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ - The rapidly developing snowstorm that has dumped upwards of an inch an hour on ...